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The Abrego Garcia deportation controversy: 5 Key Questions Answered

The controversy around the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia intensified yet again on Wednesday. A senator visited El Salvador, the White House held...

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Trump, Bukele and the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — where things stand

The Trump administration ratcheted up its confrontation with a U.S. District Court judge on Monday, as President Trump met El Salvadoran President...

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Winners and losers from the Trump tariffs drama

President Trump blinked on Wednesday, pausing most of the tariffs he had sought to put on nations around the world. The one big exception is China,...

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5 takeaways from the Trump tariff drama

Financial markets soared on Wednesday after President Trump issued a 90-day pause in almost all the tariffs that had roiled the global economy during...

10.04.2025 30

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The Memo: Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the target of new ire from President Trump’s most fervent supporters after she bucked his position on a...

09.04.2025 20

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The Memo: Trump under pressure on tariffs as Dow sinks again

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell yet again on Monday, keeping President Trump under pressure over the tariff policy that has roiled the world...

08.04.2025 20

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The Memo: Musk’s risks to Trump become starker

The Elon Musk effect is being hotly debated in Republican circles this weekend, even as the reverberations from President Trump’s tariff policies...

05.04.2025 10

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The Memo: Inside Trump’s big gamble on tariffs

President Trump is set to take the biggest gamble of his second term on Wednesday, when he will announce a fresh round of tariffs. Trump has dubbed...

02.04.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump’s third-term suggestion alarms some Democrats while others roll their eyes

President Trump is leaving the door open to the idea of seeking a third term — even though that door is apparently firmly closed by the...

01.04.2025 10

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Five takeaways as Trump’s clash with the legal world intensifies

Friday brought new twists in President Trump’s intensifying battle with major legal firms. Trump has targeted several firms with executive orders...

29.03.2025 30

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How the Signal 'group chat' furor has affected the 5 biggest players

The furor over a headline-making group chat consumed Washington for a second day on Tuesday. President Trump spoke to reporters from the White House...

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5 takeaways from Trump officials war planning group chat breach

Washington was rocked Monday by a truly extraordinary story. The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, recounted how he had —...

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The Memo: Democrats, lawyers left reeling from Paul, Weiss firm’s Trump deal

A Washington Post editorial appeared earlier this week headlined “Trump’s efforts to intimidate the legal profession cannot stand.” Within 48...

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The Memo: Roberts rebukes Trump in latest twist of White House battle with judiciary

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a clear, if implicit, rebuke of President Trump on Tuesday, intensifying a clash between the White...

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The Memo: Trump ratchets up confrontation with judiciary

President Trump and his administration ramped up their confrontation with the judiciary to extraordinary heights Monday, demanding that a judge whose...

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The Memo: Divided Democrats squander chances to expose Trump’s vulnerability

President Trump is not the political colossus he and his supporters claim — and everything from the stock market to his opinion poll ratings prove...

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Trump’s battle with Washington law firm Perkins Coie, explained

The battle between President Trump and a prominent Washington law firm has taken a new turn this week, as a judge intervenes to pause Trump’s...

14.03.2025 10

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The Memo: Musk-Rubio clash heightens scrutiny on Trump’s approach

Explosive details about a Cabinet meeting confrontation between Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were revealed by The New York Times on...

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The Memo: Trump’s turbulent tariff moves pose risks with voters

President Trump eased his newest tariffs on Wednesday after two days during which those levies roiled financial markets. But the latest tweak only...

06.03.2025 20

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Five takeaways from Trump's address to Congress

President Trump delivered the first congressional address of his second term on Tuesday evening. It was a chance for the president to underscore the...

05.03.2025 50

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5 takeaways from Trump-Vance-Zelensky Oval Office blowup

An astonishing scene played out in the Oval Office on Friday as President Trump and Vice President Vance got into a shouting match with Ukrainian...

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The Memo: Trump versus media fight intensifies

A fight over an inside-the-Beltway media tradition has become emblematic of a bigger battle between the Trump administration and the press. At issue...

27.02.2025 10

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The Memo: GOP divides emerge over Trump’s handling of Musk, Ukraine

President Trump is only beginning the second month of his second term but divisions are already erupting. The friction is so obvious that Democrats,...

25.02.2025 40

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The Memo: Trump’s jabs at Ukraine divide GOP

President Trump ratcheted up his attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, deepening the first real schism of his second term...

22.02.2025 20

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The Memo: Trump roils New York with Adams drama

President Trump is roiling the politics of his native city — and the drama isn’t over yet. A federal judge on Wednesday reserved judgment on...

20.02.2025 10

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DOGE and Musk: The 5 biggest controversies so far

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has caused uproar almost from the moment of its inception. DOGE is not an official government...

18.02.2025 7

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The Memo: Firestorm grows over Trump DOJ’s deal to drop charges against Eric Adams

The Trump administration, which has been moving like a juggernaut across the political landscape, has hit a land mine. The decision by Trump’s...

15.02.2025 60

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The Memo: Musk rivals Trump as most controversial figure on political stage

President Trump may be only the second most controversial person in his own administration. Three weeks into Trump’s second term, Elon Musk has...

13.02.2025 20

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The Memo: Trump, allies ramp up attacks on courts

Monday brought another legal setback for President Trump and his administration — and there is every indication it will add more fuel to the fire of...

11.02.2025 50

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5 takeaways as Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal reverberates

Aftershocks reverberated Wednesday from President Trump’s declaration the previous day that the United States should take “long-term ownership”...

06.02.2025 30

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5 things to know about Trump’s buyout plan for federal employees

Decision time is looming for an estimated two million federal employees who are eligible for the buyout plan proffered by President Trump. Workers...

01.02.2025 7

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The Memo: Washington flight disaster sparks political fights

Details are emerging about the Washington air disaster that killed 67 people — and some of those factors are only likely to fuel political fights....

31.01.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump knocks over the guardrails, deepening Democratic panic

President Trump is pressing full steam ahead with an agenda that Democrats worry has an increasingly autocratic bent. But right now, there’s not...

28.01.2025 20

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The Memo: Trump's risky gambit to strip security from Fauci, Bolton and Pompeo

President Trump has sparked fresh controversy in his first week back in office with his decision to remove security details from several prominent...

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The Memo: Trump goes full bore against DEI

President Trump is taking full aim at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, apparently making the calculation that the peak for such...

24.01.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump 2.0 comes into focus

President Trump’s second term is coming into much sharper focus in its first 72 hours — delighting his supporters but ringing loud alarm bells for...

23.01.2025 10

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5 takeaways as Trump returns to power

President Trump took office again Monday, completing a remarkable political comeback and becoming only the second person to serve nonconsecutive terms...

21.01.2025 3

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Trump set to be inaugurated, kicking off 100-day rush

President-elect Trump is set to be sworn in at the Capitol on Monday, solidifying his stunning return to the White House and kicking off what is...

20.01.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump set to ‘shock and awe’ with executive actions

President-elect Trump is expected to unleash a blizzard of executive orders as soon as he takes office on Monday, seeking to demonstrate he can...

20.01.2025 30

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The Memo: Flags will fly high after all for Trump’s inauguration

President-elect Trump has won at least one battle in advance of Monday’s inauguration ceremony. Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at...

17.01.2025 40

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The Memo: Trump, Biden battle over credit for Israel-Hamas deal

It took more than 15 months to get a ceasefire deal in Gaza that might last. But it took no time at all for a political battle to erupt in Washington...

16.01.2025 30

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The Memo: Trump's nominees reach crucial stretch

A crucial week for President-elect Trump gets underway in earnest on Tuesday, when his nominees for key posts start going before the Senate committees...

14.01.2025 10

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The Memo: Trump-Newsom feud ramps up as Los Angeles fires rage on

The feud between President-elect Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is hitting new peaks of intensity as wildfires rage on in Los Angeles....

10.01.2025 30

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The Memo: Trump sparks political fight as L.A. wildfires rage

President-elect Trump has sparked a political battle over the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles even as those fires are still far from contained. Any...

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The Memo: New Orleans mass killing gets pulled into partisan political battle

It took less than 48 hours for the mass killing in New Orleans to be pulled into the partisan debates that are roiling the nation. In the process,...

03.01.2025 40

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The biggest political winners and losers of 2024

A year full of extraordinary drama is at its close. A former president running for reelection narrowly survived an assassination attempt. A sitting...

01.01.2025 20

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The Memo: Biden faces uncomfortable parallels with Carter

President Biden paid tribute to former President Carter soon after the 39th president’s death was announced Sunday. But Biden could have been...

31.12.2024 10

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The Memo: Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency

Democrats are bracing for a new — and, for them, bleak — political era as President-elect Trump prepares to take office for a second term. Trump’s...

28.12.2024 10

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The Memo: Trump walks tightrope at Mar-a-Lago press conference

President-elect Trump sought to thread a needle during his Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, pushing back at suggestions that his incoming...

17.12.2024 30

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The Memo: Trump revels as establishment figures pay homage at home and abroad

The second time’s a charm for President-elect Trump — at least when it comes to an election win getting him the establishment recognition he has...

14.12.2024 30

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